Bed.



W. SHANNON.

BED. APPLIOATION I'ILED APE.27, 1997,

Patented June 8, 1909;

rsrinrr crunch WOODFORD SHANNON, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

BED.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 8, 1909.

Application filed'April 27, 190?. Serial No. 370,583;

To all whom it may concern:

it known that I, Woonrono Srmssou, a cit zen of the United States, andresident of 1 Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State ofKentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Beds, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to beds and more particularly to the manner ofconnecting bed bottoms to beds.

Owing ossibly for by lenicrcasons and to the fact t lat wooden be shavebeen made of various kinds of wood, beds and bed bottoms have beenmanufactured and sold independently. However since the advent oft-hemetsllic beds most manufacturers have adopted standard side barsconnecting the head and the foot of the bed, thus making it possible tomanufacture the bed bottom and the side i frame to a s ring framesupport lugs to fit withinthc sockets 3.

Other an further objects will appcsr in the following descri tion andwill be more particularly pointe out in the appended claims.

In the drswingsFigure 1 is a perspective View of a bed employing my bedbottom, the spring-frame not being connected to the spring framesupport. Fig. 2 is s longitudinal section of the spring frame supportwith the s rin frame in osition thcrcon. Fig. 3 is 8,( etsifof the clipfor connecting the spring frame to the bed bottom support. Fig. 4 is aside view-of the clip.

Referring more particularly to the draw nigs 1 indicates the ioot oi thebed and 2' the head, each provided with one rucmbcr of a number ofiestcning s 3 which may be of any suitable form, that shown being in theform of wedge shaped sockets. v I

The side bars 4 which form the side bars of the bed bottom and the sidebars of the bed have suitable fastening members 5 at their ends, in theform of inverted wedge shaped The side bars are of any suitable shape,such for instance as the usual angle iron.

Rigidly connecting the side bars is a number of transverse bars 5, whichare preferably in the form of strips of metal. The sidc bars 4 withthese transverse bars form aspring bed support which is adapted fordirect attachment to the foot and the head of, the standard beds andform a 'sum'iorting connection between tho scid parts.

The springs may be conncctcd directly to the transverse bars or they maybe formed.

into a spring frame for convenicncc in ship ping. in the latter instanceihotop of the spring frame may be of an suitable form while the bottomshould be formed of longitudinal wiresfi which arc conncctcd to thetransverse bars .3 in any suitable manner, and transverse wires 7, thesprings 8 being connected to the wircs (3 and 7 at tho points where saidwirc' intersects each other.

As a means for fastening the spring frame to the spring frame support,I. provide a clip which is fori'ncd of a strip of sheet u'ictal. Thisclip is bent intermcdiatc its ends so as to form. two arms 9 whichproject u )wsrdly from the lower edge of a transverse bar, and

are positioned on opposite sides of and in contact with said bar. Thefree ends of the arms of the clip are twisted 90? at 'H) and arc thenbent about a lon itudinal wire 0. This form of clip is especial yadvantageous when there are no recesses in the transverse bars 5 or inthe longitudinal wircs 6 to prevent the s ring franic slipping on. itssupport, as :1. meta strip clip has greater bearing on the longitudinalwircs.

It is apparent that the ring frame supportmay be manufactureo and soldscparately from the foot and the head oi' thc bed.

Having tlrus described my invention what I claim and dcsirc' to secureby Letters Patcnt is: y 1

J. The combination with a spring frame support having transverse barsand a spring i'rmne having longitudinal wires, oi means for connectingthe spring frame to the support cinbodyinga clip formcd from a flatstrip of metal, having two arms connected together under a transversebur, extending upwardly upon opposite sides of the bar and each having awide liatfsce in contact with a. side face of the bar,' the ends of thearms 2. The combination with the bar of a tudinal wire of a springframe; of a fiat spring framasupport and the wire of a spring metal clipencompassing said bar with a frame; of a clip for securing said bar andI broad flat face, said clip having projecting 15 wire together, saidclip consisting of a flat ends twisted at right angles to said bar tostripof metal with a broad flat surface in I encircle said longitudinalwire. contact with the bar and encompassing said i -Theforcgoingspecification signed at Louis bar, the ends of said strip extending out-'-ville, Kentucky, this 16th day of November, wardly from said bar andtwisted at an'angle 1906. thereto to engage said wire -of the springXVOODFORD SHANNON. frame. In presence of two witnesses 3. Thecombination with the transverse IDA M. RIEGER, bar of a spring framesupport and the longi- PDA GOEBEL.

